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(No MqdellJ 1 F. A. STOHL'MANN. 1 CASE POR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS. No. 244,832.Y Patented July 26,1881.

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FREDERICK A. STOHLMANN, OFBROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CASE FOR SURGICAL lNsTRIUMl-:Nrsg

SPECIFICATION forming pm of Letters Patent No. 244,832, dated July 2e, 1881.

Application filed June 11, 1881.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERIoKrA. S'roHL- MANN, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented an Im provement in Cases for Surgical Instruments, 8m., of which the following is a specification.

Surgeons require their instruments to be in vsuch a position and condition that they can be laid out for use very rapidly, and closed up for transportation with equal rapidity. This is particularly the case with surgeons connected with hospitals,and those that attend the wounded in war. If the instruments are not thus easy of access valuable lives may be lost by a moments delay, and in going from place to place it is equally necessary that no time be llost and that no instruments be left behind.

maybe upset or forgotten in returning the parts to place.

In my improved case it is not possible to yleave any portion of the case behind, or to upset any one part, because the sections are all hinged together and fold up into place in closing the case.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of the case as open. Fig. 2is a cross-section at the line .fc a', and'Fig. 3 is a section of the case as closed for transportation. Fig 4 is a section showing the handle and one of the springhooks for holding the parts together when the case is closed, and Fig. 5 is a section representin g one side of the case with three sections in it instead of two.

The case is made of four sections, A, B, C, and D. The sides 1 and 2 of the sections A and B are about twice as wide as the other sides and ends, and they are hinged together The sides 3 and 4 of the sections A and B are hinged to the sides' 5 and 6 of the respective sections C and D, and these sections O and D are a little narrower than the sections i A and B, so as to fold down against the sides l and 2 of the sections A and' B, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, and by the section Fig. 3.

The sections C and .D are provided with covers kand l, hinged at 9 and 10 to the outer edges of the sections C and D. These covers serve the twofold purpose of tables for the instruments to be laid upon when the case is entirely opened, and of covers to retain the instruments within the sections C and D while these sections are being swung over upon the sections A and B in closing the case. There should be latches at n o to hold the covers in place when closed, and a lock or locks are provided to secure the case when not in use.

For convenience there should be one or more handles provided for carrying the case of instruments. I have shown one handle at s that can be slid in or out. There may be a second handle; but I prefer and use but one handle, s, the same being made of a straight bar with two parallel ends turned at right angles, and

, full size in Fig. 4.

If desired, the case may be made of six or more'sections folding together in the manner before set forth.

The sections represented in Fig. 5 are the same as before described, except that the section C is made with two trays instead of sim ply a cover, so that the respective trays or sec- -tions hinged to each other fold up successively,

the third section, f, folding over the section C in place of the cover k. It is to be understood -that these trays or sections may be made of greater or less depth.

I claim as my invention- 1. The case for surgical instruments or other articles, made of the four or more sections A B C D, the sides 1 and 2 of the sectionsAand B being hinged together, and the sections A and C and B and D being hinged together, and the covers k and Z being hinged to the respective sections, as set forth.

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2. The combination, in :L case for surgical the plate v, behind which the hooks catch to instruments or other` articles, of' the sections retain the case when closed, as set forth. 1o A B C D, the hinges @for connecting the sec- Signed by lne this 3rd day of June, A. D. tions, the covers k l, and hinges 9 10, the parts 1881.

5 being constructed as set forth, so as to fold to- F. A. STOHLMANN.

gether. Wi l nesses:

3. The combination, with the folding case, GEO. T. PINCKNEY,

of the sliding handle s, having hooks at u, and WILLIAM G. MOTT. 

